---
type: "Bill"
title: "Industrial and commercial areas; civil penalties for certain local property violations."
description: "Civil penalties for certain local property violations; industrial and commercial areas. Allows localities by ordinanceto charge enhanced civil penalties for certain local property violationson property that is zoned or utilized for industrial or commercial purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 755"
citation: "Virginia HB 755 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendell S. Walker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74348223-1d70-4ab2-8294-7ddcf8398a54"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB755"
source_hash: "fe7aeeeac67b41e8d30da9041f94a78829faf87d29a97cdbbd316edc24f61b9d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 755 (2024) — Industrial and commercial areas; civil penalties for certain local property violations.

Civil penalties for certain local property violations; industrial and commercial areas. Allows localities by ordinanceto charge enhanced civil penalties for certain local property violationson property that is zoned or utilized for industrial or commercial purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0731** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0731)
2. **HB755ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB755ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102129D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB755)

## Votes

- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 3-N) — **17–3** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N) — **32–7** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (83-Y 17-N) — **82–17** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (11-Y 2-N) — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wendell S. Walker — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102129D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-26** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Read third time and passed House (83-Y 17-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** VOTE: Passage (83-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Reported from Local Government (11-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-06** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB755ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 731 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0731)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74348223-1d70-4ab2-8294-7ddcf8398a54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).